BLACK BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS
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BLACK BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK
UK’s first Black owned Video On Demand [VOD] platform kushcinema.com has launched.
The birth of Kush Cinema Online was a seed long in nurturing but spurned into growth and reality during the devastating pandemic of 2020- 2021 and the sudden online demand and consumption of digital media; but the fuel that propelled growth was the heinous and senseless murder of George Floyd in America leading to a great awakening and a deep-sense that we at Kush Films as a leading and pioneering film exhibition/distribution company serving our community for 23 years really now needed to start focusing on ownership, being even more self-determining and have a greater say in helping independent filmmakers showcase, distribute and monetize their content thus a conversation was sparked and Kush Cinema Online was born.
BLACKSTAR OF THE WEEK
Mark Dalgety founder of UK based Dalgety Herbal Teas, is a successful producer of high-quality strong tasting teas.
"I was trying to relocate to Guyana after completing my degree in chemical engineering. My plans had to change when I looked at my bank balance. With £1,000 available on my credit card, I visited Guyana and organised the collection of 1000lbs of Cerassie / Corilla tea bush.
I sat in the front room of my parents house, and using a pair of scissors, cut it up into 16,000 one-ounce packets. I then shipped it to the UK, and sold the packets for 50 pence each, raising about £8,000, which was used to invest in tea bagging technology."
BLACK BUSINESS EVENTS
Founders Talk: Understanding the Investor Ecosystem FREE Online Tuesday 12th April 12:00 -13:00
Are you the Founder of a new business? Do you dream of getting funding and making it to the big time?
Nadia El Hadery started her career in finance working in the City, but these days she runs a network of investors in Food Tech businesses, called YFood.
She will be talking not just about food tech but about how the funding rounds work, what it takes to interest a seed investor, how you get an angel to put their money in, what your business plan and proposal needs to look like – and what the entire funding ecosystem around startups and funding looks like.
Nadia will be talking to Eleanor Mills, Founder of Noon – who set up her company at 50 and knows all about the ups and downs and uncertainty involved in getting a company off the ground.
About Hatch Enterprise
Hatch Enterprise supports underrepresented entrepreneurs from across the UK to imagine, launch and grow businesses that are sustainable, successful and have a positive and lasting impact on their communities.
Ask Me Anything About...Creating a PR company FREE Online Wednesday 13th April 18:00 - 19:00
Learn more about what it means to run a successful Public Relations business through the eyes and stories of Ronke Lawal, founder of Ariatu PR,
Ronke will discuss her journey into the PR and communications industry as well as how entrepreneurs can use PR to tell their stories. You can submit your questions prior to the event here.
About Black and Good?
We created Black and Good to bring you together with equally passionate people ready for something new. It is an online community to connect, support and amplify the work of Black business owners around the world.
Back in Business! Build for Change Celebration Event at International House FREE Thursday 14th April 17:00 - 20:00 Brixton London
Join us to celebrate young local talent in Business Launchpad's first in person event of 2022! Discover, meet, connect and network!
About this event
Join us in celebrating our fantastic cohort of young entrepreneurs that took part in Business Launchpad's latest programme Build for Change 2022!
This celebratory event marks the end of our 8-weeks business programme, where our attendees embarked on a journey discovering their incredible potential and developing their business idea.
Expect live pitching, a vibrant showcase of local young talent, connect with a variety of organizations and potential business partners, discover Business Launchpad's latest opportunities, engage with local businesses and much more.
The event will be held at 3Space International House, 6 Canterbury Crescent, Brixton, SW9 7QD.
For any queries, feel free to email Elena at elena@businesslaunchpad.org.uk.
About Business Launchpad
Business Launchpad (BLP) supports young people living in London with barriers to enterprise to start and run their businesses. We offer resources for all stages of entrepreneurship coaching young people from the very early stages of considering a business idea, to those who have already started.
Inspirational Black Female Entrepreneurs in Tech FREE Online Event Thursday 14th April 18:00 - 20:00
As black women we were often made to feel like our dreams were impossible to accomplish.
So many of us have been presented with situations that have discouraged us from pursuing our dreams. This narrative ends now.
We want to highlight Black women who have destroyed glass ceilings, rose above the stereotypes and have found great success in their career.
Join GTA Black Women In Tech at our April event and get to know some of the most talented Black women in the tech industry and leave feeling capable of conquering the world!
About GTA Black Women In Tech
GTA Black Women In Tech, formerly known as TLA Black Women In Tech, is a not-for-profit organisation global organisation, based in London, dedicated to building bridges of opportunities in tech by enabling black female talents to excel and companies to have access to black women of talent. We are a community of black women tech advocates of all levels and allies who support and empower diversity and inclusion.
In this workshop, we will breakdown the key Social Media Platforms by features and functionality to explore what works best for you FREE Online Event Thursday 14th April 18:00 - 19:00
In this workshop, we will breakdown key social platforms by features and functionality to explore what works best for you.
Understanding the metrics behind the platforms.
Understanding the unique features of each platform.
Identifying your key communication method.
Creating content that connects.
After this workshop, you will have an understanding of how to identify the most effective platform to use for your business.
About Charlynn...
Charlynn Koranteng is an experienced facilitator with Hustle & Heels who is committed to sharing her experience working within global consulting firms, the music industry & non-profit organisations.
About Hustle & Heels
Hustle & Heels is a business and career consultancy platform dedicated to supporting individuals build sustainable, rewarding and profitable businesses and careers by providing the opportunities, tools and resources to do so.
Creating Economic Repair: Capitalism, Ubuntu and Spatial Justice FREE Thursday 14th April 12:00 - 16:00 Docklands London
How do we change the narrative around economic ideologies that have been fuelled by capitalism's dominance?
This conference considers the diasporic circumstances emerging from London’s involvement in the enslavement of African people, contemporary reparation discourses, and the practice of collective economics in Africa and beyond.
Connecting the past, present and future, this conference will deepen conversation and collaboration between scholars, community representatives, entrepreneurs and students. Join us as we reflect and re-imagine our economic future.
About University of Repair
The University of Repair (UoR) project is an initiative arising out of 7 years of experience of working with reparative histories as part of the applied research and outreach work on behalf of Decolonising The Archive (DTA). UoR is fashioned as a mobile, open-ended site specific, modular series of activations, with the broad aim of initiating (or continuing) a process of repair for people of African heritage living in the UK.
Masterclass Teaching : Re-indigenising Technology on Afropresentism FREE Thursday 14th April 18:00 - 21:00 Brixton London
Colonial frameworks rooted in “development” myths have come to dominate what we perceive to be “technology". What does it look like to take a step beyond decolonisation towards re-indigenisation in the process of re-wiring this understanding? As Black diasporic people living in the age of Big Data, how do we navigate what Kodwo Eshun terms the “Age of Total Recall”?
This session will begin with an interactive conversation with Neema Githere, that is grounded in Neema's ancestral heritage and traditional technology practices. Neema will present these ancient forms as a practical and present contribution to supporting a sustainable lifestyle within paradigms of oppression.
Neema has been theorising around Afropresentism for the past 5 years. Tying together the work of Bell Hooks and Walter Rodney through guerrilla theory—a practice that upholds conversation as the highest mode of speculation—participants will be invited to show up as experts of their own lived experiences and strategise together on how to implement indigenous technology in their day-to-day lives.
About University of Repair
The University of Repair (UoR) project is an initiative arising out of 7 years of experience of working with reparative histories as part of the applied research and outreach work on behalf of Decolonising The Archive (DTA). UoR is fashioned as a mobile, open-ended site specific, modular series of activations, with the broad aim of initiating (or continuing) a process of repair for people of African heritage living in the UK.
BLACK BUSINESS EDUCATION
Civil rights 2.0: Entrepreneurship is the key to intergenerational wealth
BLACK BUSINESS GROWTH
“Strategy ain't nothing without execution.”
By Richard Butler
